Improvement in suspenders



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SUSPENDERS.

Patented July 31, 1877.

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NITD STA' o GEORGE B. GURLEY, NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDERS.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,651. dated July 31, 1877 application filed June 22, 1877.

To all wwm t may concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. GURLEY, of the city, county, and State of New York,

.have invented certain new and useful Imf stitute for the usual worked button-hole, such substitute presenting a similar shape to a button-hole, the various selvage edges of the Webbing forming the fac'es and bottom thereof; second, in the method of applying and attaching such suspender-ends to the Webbing forming the body of the suspender; and, lastly, in the application of a metal slide to the body of the suspender, in Connection with such suspender-ends, all of which, together With details of the arrangement, application, and the Various modificatious, will be herein- 'after fully pointed out and described.

In the drawings, Which form an essential part of this specification, Figure 1 is. a front view of a suspender and its ends, in which my invention is fully embodied. Fig. 2.is a reverse view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of the suspender-end, showing method of fo1d= ing. Fig. 5 is a front view of a suspender embodying my invention in a 'modified form. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 7 is a detached view of the suspender-end, showing method of applying it to the buckle; and Fig. 8 is a view'showing the application of the modified form of suspender-ends to the suspender shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference found in the various figures of the drawings will locate and point out corresponding parts.

It is a fact well known to all manufacturers of suspenders that in the present form of constructing suspenders and suspender-ends,

many Serious defects exist, calling for a new form of construction, by which the faults may be overcome and eradicated. leather trimmings is very objectionable, owing to the rapid deterioration thereof from the effects of perspiration. The leather not only decays and gives way, but frequently hardens, and in that condition Wears the clothing. The'absorption into the leather of the perspiration also has the effect of soiling the ung der-clothing. Furthermore, such leather trimmings are costly, Which, added to the labor of attaching them to the webbing, renders it b buckle, B, which is attached to and-slides' upon the body A in the usual manner. bis a sliding clasp or guard, made from metal, and encircling both the body A and the. looped end a where doubled, and is adjustable up and down' thereon at pleasure. The doubling of the suspender-body A at its base forms an elastic-pocket, c, (see Fig. 3,) through which the suspender-end is passed, the sliding guard b being raised, as shown, for that purpose. After the end is passed through the pocket the clasp b is lowered to the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus closing the pocket c down upon the suspender-end, holding it in place, also aiding in preventing the doubled body of the suspender from being displaced, and the buckle B from slipp Te construction of the body of the suspender does not difer from the general form in common use, any of the sliding buckles, or buckles of forms similar to those shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, being used in connection therewith. The suspender-ends, however, are modified to meet these various forms, as

The use of v as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, the first fold being made on the line f f, the second fold on line y g. (Seen best'in Fig. 4.) These folds are secured by lines of stitches h and 'i at the top, and the folds at the bottom by line of stitohing k. 'This system of folding results in forming the equivalent of the button-hole, all of the edges and bottom of which are formed of the selvage edges of the webbiug. This at once gives the advantage of great strength, as the heavyselvage edgeisfar superior to any worked button-holes.

In Fig. 4 the webbing isshown drawn sidewise in order to expose the opening d, through which the button passes.

is doubled over upon itself, and united at the edges by a line of stitches, e. This being a common method in the case of leather ends, no further description is needed. This suspender-end, combined with the suspender-body shown in Figs. 1 and 2, has, in addition to the merit of cheapness, the advantage of longer life than those ends attached to metal clasps or buckles.

It is plainly obvious that the strain upon the base of the looped pocket c will cause the outer selvage edges of the webbing to give, andthat as the strain is lessened orremoved the elastic nature of the webbing will cause it to at once regain its first position, and thisresults in preventing any great amount 'of wear upon either the suspender or suspendersive, shownhow it may be so applied. In Fig;

8'I also show the sliding guard b applied in connectiontherewith.

The ends of the suspender-ends F are both overlapped and finished-as first described, the' body thereot', between the ends, being 'left fiat, and afterward folded into a loose knot, as shown, about the clasp l, which may be a part y of the buckle, as in Fig. 7, or a simple double slottedclasp only, as in Fig. 8.

In forming this knot about thelower arm The central .portion v of the Webbing, between the two folded ends;

pender,applied as and 'for the of the clasp l, the suspender-end is overlapped upon itself at the center, as shown in Fig. 9, upon the lines m m n n. The two folded ends, being laid flat together,are then passed through the slot 0 in the base of the clasp Z, (being in 'serted from the rear,) and drawn until the folded portionp is brought to a position near the'base of the clasp. The two ends are then passed through ,the loop p in front of the clasp, and the knot -thus formed drawn closely thereto, taking the form and position, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

=I claim as-my invention- 1. The combination of the suspender-body A, looped at its base, forming a pocket, c, provided with sliding buckle B and adjustable guard b, and the suspender-.end G, the two endsvof .whichare formed .by over'lapping .the webbing upon itself on lines f and g, and secured by stitohing at lines k,'h, and 1', forming an equivalent of abutton-hole, substantially.

in the manner as herein shown and 'set forth.

2. The suspender-end G, each end of which is formed by overlapping the Webbing upon itself on lines f and g, such .folds being secured 'by linesnof stitohing k, JL, andi, such arrangement .of folds forming an opening, which is a substitute 'for a buttonho1e,the faces and bottom of whichare formed by the selvage edges of .the webbing, all substantial ly as herein 'shown and set forth.

3. In combination with the suspender-body A,rlooped at its base, formin g a pocket, c, and v provided with slidingbuckle B, and a sus pender-end inserted :through the pocket 0, the sliding gardb, encircling the body of the suspurposes as herein shown and set:forth..

4. The combination of the .suspender-body A,'provided with buckle D, having slot 0 in its base, and the zsuspender-end F, the two ends of 'which areformed-by overlapping the Webbing upon itself on lines f and g, and se- .curedby linesof stitohing at lines k, h, and i,

- GEOBGE GUBLEY- Witnesses:

A. L. MUNSQN, E. GAWARD. 

